Powerful Strength Quotes

Persevere with Positive Strength Quotes

Life can be really hard sometimes, but hey, we’re all in this together. Sometimes it can be a challenge to find the motivation to channel our inner strength in order to persevere through the difficult times. But like I said, we’re all in this together, including some figures who seem to have it all. Even some of the most notable figures throughout history and media have faced similar struggles. We rounded up some positive strength quotes from all kinds of powerful people, from Nelson Mandela to Maya Angelou and Hellen Keller. May their wise words inspire you to keep pushing forward. 

Nelson Mandela

"Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again."

Martin Luther King, Jr

"If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward."

Veronica Roth

"A brave man acknowledges the strength of others."

Kavita Ramdas

"We need women who are so strong they can be gentle, so educated they can be humble, so fierce they can be compassionate, so passionate they can be rational, and so disciplined they can be free."

Khalil Gibran

"Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars."

Paulo Coelho

"And one has to understand that braveness is not the absence of fear but rather the strength to keep on going forward despite the fear."

Greg Kincaid

"No matter how much falls on us, we keep plowing ahead. That's the only way to keep the roads clear."

Mark Nepo

"We are stronger, gentler, more resilient, and more beautiful than any of us imagine."

Mahatma Gandhi

"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."

Marie Curie

"Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and, above all, confidence in ourselves. We must believe we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained."

Toni Morrison

"If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it."

Peter Marshall

"When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure."

Demi Lovato

"Nothing is more beautiful than the smile that has struggled through the tears."

Maya Angelou

"I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it."

Eleanor Roosevelt

"We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it is not as dreadful as it appeared, discovering we have the strength to stare it down."

Marcus Aurelius

"You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength."

Isabel Allende

"We don't even know how strong we are until we are forced to bring that hidden strength forward."

Lao Tzu

"Mastering others is strength, mastering yourself is true power."

Christopher Reeve

"A Hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles."

Vincent Van Gogh

"It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done."

Drew Barrymore

"Life is very interesting...in the end, some of your greatest pains become your greatest strengths."

Audrey Hepburn

"I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles."

Oprah Winfrey

"Where there is no struggle, there is no strength."

Hellen Keller

"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved."

William Ellery Channing

"Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict."

Arnold Schwarzenegger

"Strength does not come from winning. You struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength."

Criss Jami

"The harder you fall, the heavier your heart; the heavier your heart, the stronger you climb; the stronger you climb, the higher your pedestal."

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